Kurzbeschreibung With its focus on vertebrates, this first comprehensive handbook is clearly structured according to the most important embryonic stages and organ systems, providing an up-to-date overview of the molecular communication that regulates developmental processes.
Aus dem Inhalt CELL SIGNALING AND GROWTH FACTORS IN EMBRYOGENESIS Stem Cells Germ Cells Implantation and Placentation Cell Movements During Early Vertebrate Morphogenesis Head Induction Anterior-posterior Patterning of the Hindbrain: Integrating Boundaries and Cell Segregation with Segment Formation and Identity Neurogenesis in the Central Nervous System Generating Cell Diversity The Molecular Basis of Directional Cell Migration Cell Death in Development CELL SIGNALING AND GROWTH FACTORS IN ORGANOGENESIS Dorso-ventral Patterning of the Vertebrate Centarl Nervous System Novel Perspectives in Research on the Neural Crest and its Derivates Eye Development Mammalian Inner Ear Development: of Mice and Men Limb Development Skeletal Development Musculature and Growth Factors Skin Development Tooth Development Gastrointestinal Tract (GI Tract) Respiratory Tract Development Molecular Genetics of Liver and Pancreas Development Molecular Networks in Cardiac Development Vasculogenesis Inductive Signalling in Kidney Morphogenesis Molecular and Cellular Pathways for the Morphogenesis of Mouse Sex Organs